How the Transition to Agriculture Affects Populations in the Present Day (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

How the Transition to Agriculture Affects Populations in the Present Day

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he heart of a Chabu village deep in the Sheka forest of southwest Ethiopia. The Chabu are the last hunter-gatherers in a region transitioning to agriculture over the past 2000 years. A genetic study of the Chabu and their neighbors shows a nuanced picture of how peoples transition to agriculture.

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Zachary H. Garfield, Washington State University

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